U.S. v. LLANEZ-GARCIA

No. 12-3585.

735 F.3d 483 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gabriel LLANEZ-GARCIA, Defendant, Debra Kanevsky Migdal, Interested Party-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed November 5, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Gregory L. Poe , Poe & Burton PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Demetra Lambros , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Gregory L. Poe , Poe & Burton PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Demetra Lambros , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Candace C. Crouse , Strauss Troy LPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, Pierre H. Bergeron , Lauren S. Kulley , Squire Sanders LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, Kevin M. Schad , Federal Public Defender's Office, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Amici Curiae.

Before: GIBBONS and STRANCH, Circuit Judges; HOOD, District Judge.


OPINION

JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge.

An attorney's reputation is her most valuable possession. It forms the basis for her peers' view of her and plays an important role—often a determinative one—in how she advances in her career. This case began with a government attorney's unauthorized filing of a motion for sanctions against Debra K. Migdal, an attorney who has served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender for nearly 25 years. It quickly...

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